(19 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
1. Man with a chainsaw cutting brush
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Libby Reiman, Academy Director:
“we’re over a thousand people here. We had a few have to drop out because of the possible government shutdown and travel issues. But would have been a record breaker this year But. But we’re still looking really good.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 17 March 2025
3. Students and a sign for the fire academy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Libby Reiman, Academy Director:
“We only had two instructors that actually canceled, and we were able to fill those right away. So it wasn’t a concern for us.”
5. Morning briefing in an auditorium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Libby Reiman, Academy Director:
“we offer 50 classes. And so usually when you get to the higher level, there’s a few less than a full class but most of our classes are full”
7. Students and instructors in auditorium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Hall, Arizona department of forestry and fire management:
“We would all have knowledge that this anomaly of lack of moisture from August to the 1st of March has been something that that many people have not experienced. Even our fire community.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 17 March 2025
9. Student holding paper
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Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Hall, Arizona department of forestry and fire management:
“And it was much warmer as well because of that. We would be remiss to not acknowledge that that changes how we might see fire behavior.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 17 March 2025
11. Fire origin investigation class
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Hall, Arizona department of forestry and fire management:
“Like the biggest affect or the to watch out is that our our water reserves in across the state are depleted.”
13. Chainsaw on the ground with students around
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Hall, Arizona department of forestry and fire management:
“So when it comes down to actual fire suppression and we rely on water and and and does that amenity to suppress fire somebody that that is depleted along with the fact that the vegetation is at a drier state, our brush and our fuels, the the down dead logs and fuels on the ground are drier than we have seen them for quite a while.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 17 March 2025
15. Small amount of snow on mountain
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy Hall, Arizona department of forestry and fire management:
“Will we ever have enough firefighters? Maybe not. Based on the conditions. But right now, certainly that is at a political ebb that we haven’t seen before.”
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Prescott, Arizona – 17 March 2025
17. Various wilderness
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prescott, Arizona – 18 March 2025
18. Various people running saws
STORYLINE:
Arizona is bracing for what could be a hard fire season as many spots around the state and elsewhere in the West recorded their driest winters.
Roy Hall of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management said: “We would all acknowledge that this anomaly of lack of moisture from August to the first of March has been something that many people have not experienced. Even our fire community.”
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